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parliamentary

[pahr-luh-men-tuh-ree, -tree, pahrl-yuh-] / ˌpɑr ləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri, ˌpɑrl jə- /


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Like Hope, he has never won enough votes to get back a £500 parliamentary deposit.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Actor turned right-wing commentator Laurence Fox, of the Reclaim Party, has previously stood in one parliamentary by-election and one London mayoral election.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Nigel Farage has previously stood in seven parliamentary contests since 1994, and successfully became an MP for Clacton in the 2024 general election.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

It means Stevens is the only Clacton candidate to have stood against and won more votes than Farage in a parliamentary contest.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

This blame-the-party-in-power approach made sense in Great Britain, where the prime minister is an elected member of Parliament who serves only as long as his or her party holds a majority of the parliamentary seats.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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